nacre
IPA: neɪkɝ
noun
- (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
- A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
Examples of "nacre" in Sentences
- They have nacre as the inner shell layer.
- Much of the original nacre shell is still present.
- Pearls and nacre are hardly as notable as meat and dairy.
- The interior of the shell of this species has thick nacre.
- The shell of marbled turbans is used as a source of nacre.
- The oysters covered the bits of pearl with layers of nacre.
- Pleurotomariidae shells are lined along the inside with nacre.
- The interior of the shell is iridescent because of a layer of nacre.
- The interior of the shell is pearly and iridescent because of the nacre.
- The nacre is bluish or silvery white, and is iridescent on the posterior.